THE PATRIOTIC FUND

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2262, 23 September 1914, Page 6

THE PATRIOTIC FUND

PRIME MINISTER'S LIST £5000 FROM THE UNION COMPANY The following donations to the De* fence Fund have been received by the Prime Minister :— ■ £■ s. <i. Ngamatapouri and district, . Nganiatappuri . (Proceeds of Patriotic Concert) 55 16 0 J. Chry stall, Foxton ......... 2 2 0 Paeroa War Fund Committee, Paeroa (3rd instalment) ' 60 2 0 Union Steam Ship Co. of • N.Z., Dunedin 5000 0 0 Residonts of Aria (through. Postmaster, Te Kuiti) .... 44 0 Sir. and Mrs. W. A. Waddell, Eolburn 25 0 0 Paeroa and Karangahake AVar Fund 171 5 0 United Insurance Co., Wellington 60 0 0 Institute of Accountants of New Zealand 105 0 0 Wellington Stock Exchange 52 10 0Chas> Carr, Paliuerston North ■ 10 0 0 . J. L. M'Millan, Wellington 21 0 0 Miss Campbell "At Home" 14 0 0 A. J. M'Leod, Mangamate... 2 2 0 Eketahuna'Friendly Societies (Red Cross Fund) ... 3 5 4 DONATIONS OF THE VETERANS' ■ ASSOCIATION. At the annual meeting on. Monday night of tno Wellington. Branch of the Veterans' Association, it was unanim-' ously resolved to grant £10 10s. in aid of the funds for the wives and children whose husbands and fathers have joined the Expeditionary Force. . . As a result of the recent Patriotio Carnival at Waikanae, the sum of £127 ■ 16s. was paid into the treasury, or Saturday, and will be applied to thf relief of distress in New Zealand caused by the. war. This is. in addition to th< sum of £36, forwarded previously on account of. the Lady Liverpool Fund, arid also apart from contributions !ol considerable value • sent to the recent gift auction at Otaki. ' PALMERSTON FUND. ... (By Correepondent.) Palmerston North, September 22. The Manawatu Patriotic Fund has now* reached £1000. ;.'.■.■'■ - , NAPIER AND. HAVELOOK. (By Telegraph.—Special Cbrreepondenti ■ Napier, September 22. Havelock North has contributed-near* ly £1000 towards the wa~ and relief funds, which is probably a record for any similar-sized township in the Do- , minion. .: The Napier Operatic Society scored a decided success to-night, when they produced "Miss Hook of Holland," four performances of which are to be given in aid of the Distress Fund. ■ '

ODDFELLOWS' LEVY. . Pahlatua; September. 22.' A special meeting of the Pahiatua. Manchester Unity Oddfellows unanimously decided to levy Is. per member to assist the Patriotic Fund. The proposal emanated from the District Office .• in Wellington. ' Other branches Wave been approached. , • ' i ; MAYOR'S PATRIOTIC FUND. ■■..■■ :■ \ £ s. , a. Amount previously acknow.lodged ••.• ,-.2461,, 6 8/ Pupils of' Kilbirnie'.School of: .'..'. ■ Musio (per. Mrs. L. D. ' • Gaze) % .;.V...-?..;;: • ■ ,S Q 0.. ' : --- Total ■■;;^...:.•-.■.••—2466/6- B'"' Yesterday Miss Flora Shaw, the agile Highland dancer, handed to the Mayor ' (Mr. J. P. Luke) the sum of £19 Bs. 6d., the net profits of the concert she arranged on Wednesday week last.. It was regrettable in a way that this concert was given in the Concert Chamber on the same, evening as the Rotorua Maori Choir's patriotic concert in the' Town Hall; otherwise the receipts would certainly have. been considerably more , than was the case. The Mayor wishes, to express his tlianks publicly ;to Miss Shaw and all who assisted in her'enjoyable concert. '■■ ■ . : .. .

MAYOR'S WAR DISTRESS FUND. '■-••' '"'" / '.' . . . £ 6 - d - Amount previously acknow-. ledged • 2,035 2 0 Piooeeds of Concert arranged by Miss Flora Shaw ... 19 8 6 , . Total ..'.. 2,054 10 6' "THE DOMINION" LISTS. The following are the donations to The Dominion's War 'Fund lists to date: — Y/AR.FUND. , -. v £ 6. a. Previously acknowledged ... 1,961 3 3'. ■ LOCAL RELIEF FUND. . . Contributions to the fund for the relief of local cases of distress are:— . •-- ■ ■ . '• ■ £ s. d'.' Previously acknowledged ... 328 7 8] BELGIAN RELIEF FUND. Contributions to the fund for relief of the Belgians in distress will subsequently he forwarded'to the au-' thorities in Belgium for distribution. £ e. d. Previously acknowledged ... 792 16 2 Collected by Mrs. J. Barclay and Mies Davies from Karori residents (first instalment) 12 1 6 Proceeds of Tβ Horo social 4 5 0' Mrs. M.Hume 11 0' Sale of gold watch from' "L.A.W." (Basin Reserve' , auction) 110 Total ; , 811 4 8 BLANKET FUND. Contributions to the Blanket Fund in aid of' the distressed in England, France, and Belgium, are:— £ s. d. Previously acknowledged ... 69 15 0, "M.C." 5 0 0 Kate Weill, Wereroa 3 0 0 C. R. Smith .200 . , Total 79 15 0' There has been an extraordinary rush of "war weddings," in London, and the Archbishop of Canterbury has tjivfln permission for tho Faculty Office (better known as Doctors' Commons) . k> be kept open night and day to accommodate naval and military men • o v,-ish to be married before going to the trout. A special license fee costs £29 ss. 2d., but this has bean no deterrent in -the case of officers, and there has oeen r> daily ■ increasing number of applicants ready to pay the high price demanded by the Church for urgent nuptials. In tlie case of "Tommies" who C3ii hardly be expected to have saved-a £29 war--riace foe out o ftheir pay of Is. I'd. per day, the Church issues a marriage licoiise for £2, where fifteen days' residonee* on the part of the* prospective bride and bridegroom can bo proved.